Kudos to Gerry Goldstein and Cynthia Orr, two of our storied ex-presidents, for their big NGs in a recent federal jury trial on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit money laundering. D faced up to 25 years on the two charges, stemming from his involvement with former state senator Carlos Uresti and a West Texas county official—both convicted in the case.

A big shout out to Reagan Wynn and Gary Medlin of Fort Worth and the entire team at the Innocence Project (and particularly Nina Morrison) for giving an innocent man back his life after 20 years of being labeled a murderer. In Reagan’s words:

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A big shout out to the team of Amber Vazquez of Austin and Leslie Booker of Round Rock for a tough victory in a two-week-long murder trial. D was charged with shooting his ex-girlfriend’s brother after a dispute boiled up on social media involving a nasty breakup (as detailed in the Austin newspaper, here: https://atxne.ws/2Ct0xar). Victim showed up to fight D and was shot by a hidden assailant.

Shout out to Michael A. Warner of Amarillo for his recent not guilty verdict in the 47th District Court in Potter County. D, charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, was the stepfather of the 8-year-old alleged victim—who testified that D had taken “sticks” and put them in her bottom “twice a year for various years.” English was the 3rd-grade victim’s second language.

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Kudos to Mark Griffith of Waxahachie for a recent win in an agg assault case, wherein D was confronted by an inebriated dude in McDonald’s. Client said they should go outside and talk—where dude pulled knives on him. D put a whupping on him but was charged in the fracas.